Book review and interview: Minigrooves by Riccardo Mori
This article was originally published on pinnacleeditorial.co.uk. Since I have merged that domain with alexroddie.com, I am gradually republishing significant articles from the Pinnacle Blog. In 2014, I reviewed an innovative serialised novel called Low Fidelity. In my review I concluded that ‘The overall result is startlingly
Hiking a section of the Haute Route Pyrenees and GR11
Welcome to my trail blogs direct from the Haute Route Pyrenees! As usual, these journals were composed on my phone from the field. Please excuse any spelling or grammatical errors. For an introduction to the idea behind this route, please read A Haute Route Pyrenees section hike. The HRP / GR11
Haute Route Pyrenees gear list
It’s my last day at my desk before heading out to France to begin my section hike of the Haute Route Pyrenees. In this short piece I’d like to talk about the gear I’ve selected to take with me. I’ve never visited the Pyrenees before, but
The Locked Web is out on Kindle – plus an easter egg
Last year, I was invited to join the Future Chronicles project as a contributing author. If you haven’t heard of it, the Future Chronicles is one of the best things to happen to independent science fiction in recent years – a huge project with dozens of contributors, publishing anthologies with
Book review and interview: Low Fidelity by Riccardo Mori
This article was originally published on pinnacleeditorial.co.uk. Since I have merged that domain with alexroddie.com, I am gradually republishing significant articles from the Pinnacle Blog. In this post I’d like to introduce my readers to an innovative and talented author. Riccardo Mori runs the blogs Morrick.
The Tour of Monte Rosa in TGO Magazine
The July issue of The Great Outdoors magazine issue is out, and it includes my new feature on hiking the Tour of Monte Rosa in September 2015. By any standards, this is a great issue. It includes an overview of the TGO Challenge 2016, Alan Rowan’s article on the
→ Backup systems for travel photography
Alastair Humphries writes: Backing up your photographs when you are out on an adventure is a sensible idea. If you carry a laptop on your trip and have access to power, then the process is very simple. If you don’t have access to power, you have a choice between
Lili Marlene and misplaced nostalgia
Today I’d like to welcome my dad, Ian Roddie, to these pages. He was born in the late 1930s and this essay provides an insight into the power of nostalgia – and how we cannot allow it to determine our future. Lili Marlene by Ian Roddie The other day, I
A summer solstice bivouac amongst the dunes
Last night, for the first time since 1967, the summer solstice coincided with the rising of the strawberry moon. The skies had cleared after rain earlier in the day, so I packed my rucksack and headed for one of Lincolnshire’s wildest places. The sun was just beginning to set
A new way to follow posts on Alexroddie.com
Many of my readers also follow me on Twitter, where I post notifications of new articles on this website. For about six months this process has been automated, which helps me when I have to manage things from my phone, but I’ve noticed that new article tweets tend to